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Bulletin: [email protected] Assignments Assignment scheduling changes: [email protected] Morning Worship* Today Next Week Announcements Neal, M Anthony, E Song Leader Dennis Wertz Prayer Caples Comeaux Preside @ Table Kent Lake Special Days Assisting Porter Anthony, P Assisting Wedge Caples Happy Birthday August! Assisting Wertz Clubb Roger Eliot 29 Olena Gauvin 31 Prayer Clubb Dennis

Evening Worship* Happy Anniversary August! Announcements Neal, M Anthony, E Wilbert and Nancy Davis 22 Ernie and Melissa Maiwald 26 Song Leader Dennis Wertz Prayer Caples Dennis Happy Birthday September! Communion/Prayer Wedge Lake Alonzo Carr 2 Kaitlyn Ramos 7 Beatrice Okiyi 9 Rosalyn Brown 12 Midweek Bible Study * Robert Lake 14 Lee Porter 15 Announcements Neal, M Anthony, E Marshal Maiwald 18 Elder Ramos 21 Song Leader Dennis Various Glenn Clubb 25 Denise Porter 27 Invitation Anthony, E Dennis Christopher Neal 29 Prayer Caples Comeaux Happy Anniversary September! *** Brothers: If you are serving, please meet in the Niles and Katie Wedge 9 foyer Elder and Kaitlyn Ramos 14 Joe and Sue Bilbrey 21 five minutes prior to services. If you are not

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE For our Prayers-Aug.14 2011 IMMERSED Update: Last week we looked at the word Baptism and that if one wants to  Ernie’s grandmother has been moved from rehab be saved they have to be baptized without question. However a question to a nursing facility. asked by many. Are we to be immersed in water or is sprinkling or pouring Continued Prayers: enough as many religions practice? Well let’s look to the scriptures and  Lenny Skutnik, Crohn’s Disease see what we read.  Sharon Ragan, Crohn’s Disease Once again there is no question when one looks to the Word of  Paul Dykman, Russell’s father God; NewTestament baptism was always an immersion in water. The  Mark Caples, post surgery Greek word for “baptism” (batisma) clearly means to immerse or to  Joseph Comeaux, Perry Comeaux’s father (heart) plunge. There is no other meaning to be found anywhere in the Greek. It  Vilet McDorno, friend of Olena Gauvin (stroke) consists of the process “of immersion, submersion, and emergence” (Vines  OT Martin (Ernie’s dad) Complete Expository Dictionary, pg. 50). All reputable sources, without  Jennie Cribb, Alwilda Merritt’s sister (post-polio synd. exception, give immersion as the common and primary sense of the word. COPD) There is no indication whatsoever that sprinkling or pouring was practiced  Wayne Cribb, Alwilda’s nephew (Prostate cancer) in the early church.  Adrienne (cancer) and Harry (Parkinson’s) Sweet, Baptism was always a burial. Notice the words of Paul “Therefore friends of Lee and Denise Porter we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ  Those who serving in harm’s way throughout the world.  Our young adults who are in college, home and was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also away: Trenda Maiwald should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4) and “buried with Him in Mandie Neal (PT Doctorate) baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the Philip Anthony (fire fighter training) working of God, who raised Him from the dead” (Colossians 2:12). Now Catie Wordham think about this, just as a dead body is completely buried in dirt, the person Special Request: that is to be baptized is also to be completely buried in water. Remember those who are in need of prayer but do not Think about John. He baptized many people in Aenon. The wish to share their difficulties in a public way. bible is very clear why he chose this place. “Now John also was baptizing Continued prayers for our members: in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there and they came Marjorie Kowa Bobbie Girard Will Davis Alwilda Merritt Colleen Wertz Sue Bilbrey and were baptized” (John 3:23). This verse confirms for all that baptism Deb Neal Christine Liddell Joe Bilbrey was an immersion in water. Sprinkling and pouring for baptism could have Peggy Shields Betty Perez Katherine Wertz been done anywhere whether there was much water or not. So one may ask James Roberson Patty Wiggins Ed Wiggins where did sprinkling and pouring come from if it is not found in the bible. Pray for Those Who Serve this Church: The answer is very simple from men after the completion of the New Elders, Deacons, Minister, Teachers and Song Leaders Testament, Men decided on their own that sprinkling and pouring was Note: Remember their families also. Each of the above sufficient even though Christ never authorized it. need the support of their families to help them perform Brethren, I am sure that everyone would agree that the dead are their duties and obligations to the congregation to the buried, not the living. However many denominational churches best of their abilities. erroneously teach that those being baptized are already alive spiritually Special Prayer Request:  This coming week-end there will be many of our (i.e., saved). Therefore they bury living people! The truth is, however, we number are buried in the watery grave of baptism dead in sin and rise up and made Traveling: Pray for their safe return alive (Colossians 2:13). Are you saved in the way Jesus prescribed? That is  School starts next week. Pray for our young people who will begin their studies. There are many negative factors in our schools these days. Our young people will need to stand firm against them. Prayers will enable them to stay true to the standards we have set for them.